Building unit and securing means therefor



Oct. 29, 1929. w; H. mm 1.133.589

IBUILDING UNIT AND SECURING MEANS THEREFOR Filed April 24, 1926 fiver-1:11.

Patented Oct, 29,1929 e o f 1,733,589

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER H. rLoon, or- CHICAGOVLIIVVJLINOIS ii BUILDING UNIT AND SECURING mnaivs'rnnnmon Application filed April 24,1926; Serial No; 104,431 p I more'particularly to securing clipstherefor, In theidrawings: I o I although certain features thereof maybe used Figure 1 is a plan view ofa securing mem- This invention relatestobuilding unitsand trated embodiment of the present invention.

with equal advantage for other purposes. her or clip embodying featuresof the pres It contemplatesmore especially the proent invention. f L T55 vision of a single clip which may be inter- Figure 2 is a perspectiveView of aclip' posed between two adjacent members to assimilar to theone shown in Figure 1, where-' semble them in rigid relation, whereby ain itisbentalong' a median line a-a' to prestructure of any design, orcontour may be sentacorner securing means ofany desired I constructedand dismantled with ease. I angularity. I 60 In building units,especially those designed F igure3 s a view in elevation showingthe 7and constructed for recreational purposes, it manner :in which the clipillustrated in F igis desirable to provide standard units of any ure 1,is applied to a unit which is to be suitable form which bear a relationto each aligned with an adjacent unit not shown.

other to facilitate the assemblage thereof so Figure leis a perspectiveview of astruc- 65 as to produce with ease, a structure of any deturecomprising individual units in assemsirable or fanciful design. Toarrange and bled relation having securing means inter- N maintain theunits in their desiredrelation, posed therebetween to maintain them inthe it is essential or at least highly desirable to desired relation. iI

provide simple and effective securing means Figure 5 is a sectional viewtaken substan- 70 V which will enable a change in position of tiallyalong the line 5 -5 of Figured; E i the units constituting the structurein order Figure 6 is a view in elevation of an indito make possible achange in design or permit vidual'unit constituting a part ofa structurei, an addition thereto without impairing their to be assembledf v sightor usefulness, thereby rendering them The structure selected forillustration com- 7 satisfactory for repeated use and for other prises apluralityof diminutiveindividual amusement purposes to suit onesindividual units 10 having anydesirable configurations f y, thereon, inthis instance,-doors or'windows One object of the present invention isto or both, which are related to eachother so as provide an inexpensiveand improved device to simulate in their assembled relation,"a so of thecharacter mentioned. structure of any'desired design and contour,Another object is to provide improved seas-for instanc'ethehous'eillustrated Figure x curing means which can be'readily interposed 4which is, provided with a roof ll of any i between adjacent members tomaintain them appropriate form. I

i li d' l ti j lnorder to facilitate the assembly of the A furtherobject is to provide improved 11111133 W 1th E and ,w1thOutmaFT1ng t fmeans of inexpensive construction to facili- Sufiace y y; y' V y a taterepeated assembling or dismantling of mined many deSn'edPehtmn y f Qrelated units without impairing their utility .Smtable s rs l she F 1thls 1nstance,-compr1se a substantiallyflat mem- 90 p or marrmg theirsurface. b 12 d f, b o

A still further object is to provide related g i .i n i 16 met 5 unitsof inexpensive construction which can ma sue as Ce u 01 me a paper an te I like from which is punched or struck a be assembled ease by employmgplurality of opposed tangs 13 and 14,-'prefer- P a,nd,eflectiV s r meansl i of ablv providedat spaced intervals alon a 95 I associationtherewith to produce a dnmnuai n li th f as li (Pm tive structure tosimulate an object of any A shown th ta 13 d 14 r b t deslred deslgn OIII I- mal to the planeyof the member as at 15 for a Other ob ects andadvantages Will app r distance approximately equal toor slightly fromthe following description of an illusless than thethi kns fth u it 10 hih 10o t are received thereby in embracing relation by To facilitate theassembly of angularly re d V lated units, it is only necessary to bendthe member 12 along a median line thereof as i for instance along lineto present the shown in Figures 1 and 2. It is evident that desiredangular relation between the parts thereof. It is to be noted that theportion of the tang normalto its base, in this instance, willnecessarily be somewhat longer than the same portion in the formpreviously described to compensate for the distance 6 any number ofseries ofopposed tangs, in this instance two, may be employed dependinglargely upon the nature and size of the structure to be assembled. c r vWith the arrangement ofparts above described, 1t 1s obvious that adacent units can be conveniently assembled and dismantled by merelyintroducing the clip 12 between the adjacent edges or" the units so thatthe base thereof will contact with the inner sides thereof with theportion 15 of the tang intermediate the adjacent edges in resilientfrictional engagement therewith owing to the portion 16 which contactswith the outer side of the units '10 to maintain them in their desiredaligned relation. The clip is preferably removed by sliding it along thejoint formed by the adjacent members whence it is removed from theend'thereof.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the inventionhereinabove spe cifically described, without departing from orsacrificing any of the advantages 01" the invention as defined in theappended claim.

I claim: 1 V 1 An attaching plate adapted to connect adjacent members,said plate having a series of struck-up tangs extending transverselythereof in spaced-apart relation. lengthwise of the plate, each tanghaving at its inner end a portion normal to the plate, said tangs 6Xtending in alternately opposite directions and having their said innerend portions upon alternately opposite sides of the longi tudinal medianline of the plate and their body portions ofiset laterally inalternating,

relation and the inner end of each tang being positioned closelyad1acent to the lognitudinal median line of the plate so as to connectthe adjacent members in edgewise abutting relation. V r V a In testimonywhereof I have hereunto subscribed my name. 7 WALTER H. FLOOD.

